Everybody Wants to Be on TV explained

Everybody Wants to Be on TV
Type:studio
Artist:Scouting for Girls
Cover:Everybody wants to be on TV.jpg
Released:12 April 2010
Recorded:2008–2009 at Helioscentric Studios, England
Genre:Pop rock, Indie pop, indie rock, piano rock
Label:Epic
Producer:Andy Green
Prev Title:Scouting for Girls
Prev Year:2007
Next Title:The Light Between Us
Next Year:2012

Everybody Wants to Be on TV is the second studio album by the English band Scouting for Girls.[1] It was released on 12 April 2010 through Epic. The first single on the album debuted on the Scott Mills BBC Radio 1 show on 15 January 2010. The album artwork was released on 19 January 2010.[2] It is the second time that producer Andy Green has collaborated with Scouting for Girls to produce an album.

The album was to be re-released and include the single "Love How It Hurts", which was released on 10 July 2011, but the re-release was cancelled due to the band working on their third studio album The Light Between Us and the single was instead featured on that album.

Recording

The album took over a year to initially write and prepare[3] but, in summer 2009, Scouting for Girls began recording the final album and had completed it by autumn. Otis Spooge was dropped from the line up on account of his poor whistling on the previous album, although both parties have since said this was an amicable decision.[3] They had the initial album written but scrapped it after the 2008 BRIT Awards when they decided it needed rewriting.[4] On their official website, Roy Stride said:

We had the album written, but decided it just wasn't good enough so we trashed it and started over again. I just wanted to write the perfect pop song. We are perfectionists![5]

Singles

Reception

Everybody Wants to Be on TV received mixed reviews garnering a score of 47/100 at aggregator website Metacritic.[8]

Track listing


Charts and certifications

Certifications

Personnel

[10]

Personnel

Band

Technical credits

Production

Artwork

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Press release at 'The Music Fix'. 22 January 2010.
  2. News: New album artwork!. 19 January 2010. scoutingforgirls.co.uk. 25 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100124093903/http://www.scoutingforgirls.com/gb/news/2010-01-19/new_album_artwork. 24 January 2010.
  3. Web site: A message from SFG!. Stride. Roy. Greg Churchouse. Pete Ellard. 19 March 2010 . scoutingforgirls.com. 19 March 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716022434/http://www.scoutingforgirls.com/gb/news/2010-03-19/a_message_from_sfg/. 16 July 2011.
  4. Web site: Everybody Wants to Be on TV . Amazon. 19 March 2010.
  5. Web site: Scouting for Girls announce new album details. 4 December 2009. scoutingforgirls.co.uk. 22 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20091221135347/http://www.scoutingforgirls.com/gb/news/2009-12-04/scouting_for_girls_announce_new_album_details/. 21 December 2009. dead.
  6. Web site: Nieuwe Video Scouting for Girls – Take a Chance. Future Music Charts. 23 December 2010. Dutch. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101226095521/http://www.futuremusiccharts.nl/futuremusiccharts/2010/12/nieuwe-video-scouting-for-girls-take-a-chance.html. 26 December 2010.
  7. Scouting For Girls Take a Chance Video clip – YouTube . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/6_9gz5RQ0Rs . 2021-12-15 . live. Music video . . 23 December 2010.
  8. Web site: Metacritic – Everybody Wants to Be on TV. Metacritic. 3 August 2013.
  9. Web site: End of Year Album Chart Top 100 – 2010. Official Charts Company. 10 December 2021.
  10. Everybody Wants to Be on TV. Everybody Wants to Be on TV . Scouting for Girls. 2010. 9. booklet. Epic Records.

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